CREC’s Ken Poole and Brendan Buff joined Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Executive Director, Scott Hamilton, and Regional Planning and Research Director, Kostas Skordas, in conducting a focus group of Western Maryland leaders about the future of ARC in Cumberland, Maryland
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a regional economic development agency that represents a partnership of federal, state, and local government. Established by an act of Congress in 1965, ARC is composed of the governors of the 13 Appalachian states and a federal co-chair, who is appointed by the president. Local participation is provided through multi-county local development districts.